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This is True News, the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help us God. Welcome to the first edition of True News in 2023. We hope you had a pleasant holiday season with family and friends. 2023 has started and the world has five flashpoints that could erupt into nuclear war. Ukraine and Russia, the Korean Peninsula, China and Taiwan, India and Pakistan, Israel and Iran. Dr. Burkhardt and I will look at several of these flashpoints and tell you what happened in recent days while much of the world celebrated Christmas and New Year's Day. So let's start with Iran and Israel. And this story, Times of Israel, in video, Iran threatens to raise Tel Aviv, destroy Dimona if Israel hits nuke sites. Doc, this one, this was a really pointed, sharp warning from Iran to Israel.

And I would say over the years that I've been hosting True News, this was probably the most direct threat I've ever seen from Iran to Israel. And they actually produced a video showing Israel. This is what it's going to look like when we launch a missile attack showing Israel. This is what it's gonna look like when we launch a missile attack on Israel. We have, well, the story, we got a quote, it says, Iran's state broadcaster has aired a video describing what it claims would be the response

to an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear sites, warning that Israeli targets would be destroyed within minutes and that a follow-up wave of rocket attacks would raise Tel Aviv. The video aired on Iran's state-controlled IRIB TV2 on December 17 was reported upon by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute Monitor Group on Monday. And so they released a video with English مدیویست مدیو ریسرچ انستیتوت ماندر گروپ و مندی و اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا

اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجا اینجادن رژیم سهینیسی رزمایشی با امریکا برگزار کرد برای شبیه سازی حمله به تحسیصات حسیبی ایران مانند سایت قریصازی نتنز حالا به فرض اگر جت های اسرائیلی موفق بشن وارد آسمان ایران بشن و سالم به سایت حسیبی ایران در نتنز برسن به فرض بمباران این سایت حسیبی ایران و آسیب به اون اگر تونستن سالم از آسمان ایران خارج بشن دست کم یک ساعت زمان نیازه تا به پایگاه اصلی خودشون در سرزمین های اشخالی برگردن اما سوال اینه آیا دیگه پایگاهی وجود خواهد داشت که اونو بتونن توی اون فروت میان؟

این احتمالا شبیه همه پاسخ ایران در دقائق اولیه باشد کمتر از هفت دقیقه بعد از این شلیک ها مشکل های بالستیک تاکتیکه سخت جامد نیروی هوافضای سپاه مانند دسفول و جدید ترین آن خیبر شکن اگر از جایی مانند نتنز به سمت هدفشان شلیک شوند احتاف خود

رو با این دقیقت منحده می کنند یکی از هدف های تعریف شده آنها هم اینجا تحسیصات ساخت کلوحک های اطومی اسرائیل دیمونا البته این شبیه سازان است با رسیدن موج اول حمله به مقصد

حالا موشک های راه بردی سپاه در سیلوهای زیرزمنی سوخ گیری شده و پایگاه های موشکی آماده موج دومه حمله می شود این موشک ها مانند سجیل در لحظه حسابت به هدف سرعتی بیش از ده برابر سوت دارد با کلاهکی بیش از یک تن اگر در موج دومه حمله

عملن سایت هستگی دیمونو منهنم شود تلاویو با خاک یک سان خواهد شد. خداها رژیم سحیونیستی در قواره و اندازه ای نیست که در صف دشمنان ملت ایران به چشم بیاد. برای همین فرمانده کل قواه یا زه سال پیش این حشدارا به رژیم داده بودند. Iran has been a leader of the whole nation, or had given this idea to the regime 11 years ago. If anything goes wrong with them, the Islamic Republic, Tel Aviv and Hefa will be destroyed in a flash. Yunus Shadlou, News of Seda and Seema. Doc, is it a if or a when? I think it's a when at some point.

The question is, does Iran already possess nuclear potential? I believe they do. Even at that, I don't know if they need nuclear warheads. That's true, too. I mean, they are effective enough that they are able to supply weapons to Russia. Think about that. That's how far advanced Iran is right now. Not only be able to meet their own military demands,

but to meet the demands of other nations as well. So they're becoming a weapons exporter. Yes. Like the West. So they showed, the video said, if the Israelis attack Natanz, the Iranian nuclear facility, within minutes, within seven minutes, the first barrage of missiles would be launched. These would be solid fuel missiles because they're already loaded with fuel.

They're in their silos, they're loaded, they're solid fuel missiles. So within seven minutes of the attack, the first barrage of missiles would leave Iran. And they said it would be an hour until the Israeli warplanes returned to Israel. And they said, if they have a place to land, because what they were saying is the Iranian missiles will beat them back home. They will arrive in Israel long before the Israeli warplanes, and there will not be any military bases. Then a second wave of missiles, this time liquid-fueled rockets, because he said they would have to fuel the rockets. So these are liquid-fueled rockets.

A second wave would be launched, and they would take out Dimona, which is the top-secret Israeli nuclear research facility where Israel makes its atomic warheads. We're not supposed to talk about it. It doesn't exist. Everybody knows about Demona. And that was something interesting about this particular article too. This was in Times of Israel.

Keep that in mind. And so it names Demona. Like you said, it's an open secret. Everyone knows that's the Israeli point for nuclear creation and everything. But for it to be pointed out in an Israeli news outlet is what I thought was interesting in itself too. So it's not a question of if this happens, it's when it happens.

And as you were watching that film, that video, spiritually, prophetically, what were you thinking? I'm thinking time is shorter than it's ever been before. But still, I'm not convinced that that's the whole picture there yet. Because Israel is not the Israel of the Bible. And so how does it all fit into the prophetic timeline? I think we have to wait and see. What does impress me, though,

is that Iran has the capability to deliver weapons quickly and easily, produce it not only for their own country, produce it for other countries as well. Iran has become, let's face it, a military superpower in the Middle East. It's Persia. Yes. Persia has returned. I don't want to see any nation destroyed. Not one nation. There's no nation I want to see destroyed because war is horrible. Hundreds of thousands, millions of people would die when a nation is destroyed. If in a worst case scenario, Iran launched an attack on Israel, The two of them launched mutual attacks. And Iran carries out a devastating attack

on the modern state of Israel. Tel Aviv is taken out. Dimona. Dimona is taken out. Haifa is taken out. Major airfields. The ports are taken. Everything is taken out. There's nothing left of the state of Israel. And again, I'm not wishing this. I don't want to see this happen. I don't want to see Iran destroyed. I don't want Israel bombing Iran. And I don't want Iran bombing Israel. I'm just saying, if these two

nations go to war, and this type of devastation is unleashed, and Israel, the state of Israel, is destroyed. What does that do to the evangelical Christian Zionists in America? What does that do to their theology? It's like a giant Jenga game. You pull that one block out, the whole thing falls down. I mean, the entire evangelical dispensational philosophy

on the end times is based on the existence of a fake nation. But does it invalidate Bible prophecy? No, it doesn't invalidate Bible prophecy at all. It just means that they got it wrong. They had it wrong. And God's prophecies are going to come true irregardless of how men try to figure out

how the world comes to an end. And I would make the argument the reason why we're even having this conflict between Israel and Iran to this day is because of bad theology. Yes. Bad theology brings us to a point saying that Israel is a,

the modern state of Israel, what is called Israel, is a chosen nation, chosen by God. And as a result, it has to be protected at all costs, even against Persia. And it has the right to attack any nation that it desires to attack. Right. And it also has the right to continue to expand to its former glory, that all the land promised to Abraham belongs to Israel. And that is a direct threat against Iran. By the way, Israel bombed the Damascus airport today in Syria. You see, and there's no outcry on that. Russia bombed something in Ukraine. The whole world goes nuts. But Israel can bomb something in a neighboring nation in Damascus.

There's no talk about it at all. But there will be a day when Israel bombs somebody, that that somebody that got bombed is going to unleash its fury on Israel. Right. And the world will be totally shocked, dumbfounded, that the state of Israel has been leveled, wiped out. And of course, whoever did it will be blamed for horrible things.

Nobody will say the Zionists provoked them. That's right. Nobody will say it. But that day could come. At the same time, it could go the other way. Israel could wipe out Iran. And tens of millions of people in Iran could die. And nobody will say a word about it.

You know what? The one word no one ever talks about though, Rick, is peace. Right. I mean, especially evangelical Christians, shouldn't they be the ones calling for peace? I would like to see the gospel preached in Iran, wouldn't you? Yes. And in Israel.

Yes, in Israel too. Both nations. And it's illegal in both countries. That's right. It's illegal in both countries. You can be a Christian in Israel and you can be a Christian in Iran, but you can't preach the gospel.

Right, you can't evangelize. So which is really the friend of the evangelicals? Israel or Iran? Jordan. Jordan stands for protecting Christians, even though it's a Muslim nation. We're going to talk about that here in a minute. Another big event that happened during the Christmas week, and what we're doing here today is catching up

on the major stories that happened between Christmas and New Year's Day. And so the world's still here, we all made it, we're into 2023, we went around the sun one more time, and we're back to where we started. We made it back. The planet is back to where it was a year ago. We're back to the same place.

We're going to go around the sun again. But this is a big story. This is number five. United Nations asked the world court to issue a legal opinion on Israel's occupation and annexation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. As you see that vote at the bottom in favor, 87 against 26, 53 abstained. And so there's a lot of countries still aren't willing to commit to making a decision on it.

But still, these numbers are moving in a decision direction against Israel. I was astounded that that resolution passed. I really was shocked. This is an official resolution passed by overwhelming majority of the United Nations, the nations of the world, asking the International Criminal Court

to consider the case of the Palestinians are the Israelis illegal occupiers of Palestine and East Jerusalem. Israel, State of Israel is, they've got a lot at risk here, Doc. What happens if the court issues a decision saying, Israel, you are illegally in West Bank, in Palestine,

in East Jerusalem, in Gaza, and the world court is telling you to leave. But they don't have to listen to the world court, Rick. But that makes Israel a criminal country. I mean, all these countries that set up this world court decades ago, here we are now. It's coming back to bite them. Because they have to decide whether they're going to abide by the ruling of the court at that

point. Yes. You can't cherry pick the decisions. If you're in the system, you got to go with the system. So this is what we have. Again, this is the Times of Israel article. The United Nations General Assembly approved on Friday a resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to weigh in on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli annexation, and the legal status of the occupation. And the resolution is titled Israeli Practices and Settlement Activities Affecting the Rights of the occupation. And the resolution is titled Israel Practices and, excuse me, Israeli Practices and Settlement Activities Affecting the Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and calls on the Hague-based ICJ to render urgently an advisory opinion on Israel's prolonged occupation, settlement, and annexation of

Palestinian territory. This isn't the first time this topic has come up at the UN, Rick, but this is the first time that they've received this many votes that really has called on the ICJ to take action on this. And I said earlier the International Criminal Court, that's a different court. This is the International Court of Justice. Right, it's kind of the court between nations, right? Yes, right.

The International Criminal Court is where you actually get verdicts on people who have been declared, or nations, individuals or nations that have been declared international criminals.

Like Tochescu or others like that. That's right. So it's a huge event that's happened, and it happened right there at the end of the year, and it got no publicity because of the holidays. Right. On any other day, Doc, this would have been the biggest story of the day.

But because it's lost on New Year's Eve and everything, it's all gone. Yeah, but it's not gone from the system. Right. And at some point in 2023, the ICJ will either pass on the request and say we're not going to issue an opinion or they're going to issue an opinion. And that opinion is either going to be in favor of Israel saying, yes, you can occupy Palestine or no, you are illegally in Palestine and East Jerusalem. I can't imagine the court issuing a decision in favor of occupying another country. But I could see them, you know,

refusing to rule on it, saying it's out of their purview at this time or something like that, or delaying it, basically punting down the field. But if the court says we're not going to issue a ruling, then other nations are going to say,

well, then what is your purpose? Why do we have the court? What's your justification for existence? This is why we established the International Court of Justice to make court rulings on these types of issues. Yes, but in the reality of the world system is that the ICJ only works in favor of Western nations

as we basically control the ICJ. I mean, we always thought the United Nations was ruled by the United States, and this went against the United States. This did not go in favor of the United States Yeah, the nations of the world said we don't like what Israel is doing to the Palestinian people and And we're asking the International Criminal The International Court of Justice to make a ruling. It's it's not a legally binding ruling.

It's a legal advisory. But it would be devastating to the Zionist cause if the court ruled against them. What response can they have? Well, they're not going to back down from their agenda. They may slow down, but they're certainly not going to back down. Not with this new Netanyahu government that just came to power this week.

Think about two years ago, Netanyahu was out. Yes, he's done. He's on the mat. The referees count it. You're out. You're done. He was facing corruption. Imprisonment.

Three corruption trials and going to jail and they were going to arrest his wife, everything. And now he's back. He's back. But he had to make a deal with a devil, the devil. I don't mean the devil, but three devils actually. How did he get out of going to prison? How does that happen?

He's Netanyahu. Nothing touches Netanyahu. Yeah, so he pulled it off, and he's back in power. But as you said, Doc, he had to make some deals. And the deals that he made is that he cut political deals with the most radical rabbit, Zionist in the state of Israel. Right. And I'm talking about not your everyday average Zionist.

I'm talking about... Ultra Zionists. The Qohannes, the ones that would kill, murder, do anything for the cause of Zionism. And he's put several of them, at least three of them, in his cabinet. One of them is in charge of security in the police force. Right, and it's also forced Mr. Netanyahu

further to the right himself. What is right? I mean, left, right, okay. For Israel, right being more Zionist, greater Zionist, if you will. That's not right to me. Yes. The farther right they are, the more wrong they are.

I agree. But I know what you're saying. But we have this tweet over the weekend here, and this is from the Mint Press News, but it's retweeting Benjamin Netanyahu. Basically, the Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all areas of occupied Palestine. And he outlines this. He says, these are the basic lines of the national government headed by me.

The Jewish people have an exclusive and unquestionable right to all the areas of the land of Israel. The government will promote and develop settlement in all parts of the land of Israel. And he names it in Galilee, the Negev, the Golan, Judea and Samaria. Judea and Samaria, that's their renaming, their relabeling of the West Bank in Gaza. And so it's funny. They do that on purpose, you know, to trick evangelical Christians. Oh, we've got to save Judea and Samaria, Rick. I mean, those are Bible words. I can open up my Bible.

I can see Judea and Samaria. I don't see Gaza and the West Bank in my Bible. So it's all tricks to try to keep support in place. But he outlines and says, listen, we're not only going to govern these areas, we're going to promote settlement in these areas. Now that's key. So when they say settlements in the West Bank and Samaria and Judea, when they say settlements, that means Israeli Defense Force soldiers go in,

physically remove Palestinians, and then the bulldozers come in and level their homes. It could be an entire town. They just wipe it out. They do it to the Bedouins, the nomads, the Arabs that live on the ground, that live off the land. They've been there for thousands of years. And they'll go in with bulldozers

and just raise an entire bedouin community and his people are homeless right they don't care the zionists don't care they're heartless they're cold they just put people out uh of their homes destroy their homes because at the end of the day the zionists want the palestin That's right. Either leave, there's the road, walk to Syria, walk to Jordan. You go somewhere, just get out of here or die. Yeah, if you don't move fast enough, we'll shoot you. Yes. And your kids too, like we talked about a couple of weeks ago.

That's really what their motive is. So this is going to be a 2023 with Netanyahu. This is going to be a very turbulent time in Israel. And he could spark an Arab uprising. If they become really heavy handed and really start beating up the Palestinian people and roughing them up, it's really close. It would not take a lot. Did you see, I didn't bring this out.

There was a rally in, I want to say Ramallah, for the Fatah party, which is Mahmoud Abbas, Ramallah is in the West Bank. But there was a massive number of people there. I mean, I saw an aerial shot. I have no idea. Tens of thousands of people there. I've not seen anything like that in the West Bank for a long, long time, which tells me the Palestinian people know 2023 is going to be a very difficult year for them. And Netanyahu is back in power and he has

a very radical government. We want to show you some more about this. Because what we're showing you here today, on our first day in 2023, we're showing you the flashpoints where there could be a major war erupt this year. It's out of the blue. It just fires up and suddenly the world has a major crisis taking place. So this next one is Jerusalem Post. The Palestinians say changing the status quo at the Temple Mount is a declaration of war. All right, so what's happening on the Temple Mount that would change the status quo?

Well, the Palestinian Authority on Monday warned that any attempt by Israel to change the status quo at the Al-Asqa Mosque compound, or the Temple Mount, as most people know it as, or annex parts of the West Bank would be considered a declaration of war. Palestinian officials warned that National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gavir's intention to visit the Temple Mount would lead to violence. Now, I will say this. He has visited the Temple Mount before, but that was as a member of the Knesset. No minister has visited the Temple Mount at any time. This guy, Ben-Gavir.

Right. He's one of the far-right partners that Netanyahu has partnered with. He's also the guy now that's in charge of security forces, basically, in Israel. Doc, way back, let's see, the Israeli prime minister, oh my gosh, he's passed away. The old 1948 warriors.

The guy that was in a coma for years. I'm just... Oh, we're both... I've forgotten his name. Megan? No, hang on. He went to the Temple Mount. This was somewhere around 2002 or 2003.

And he went to the Temple Mount, and that sparked the Infatata. Right. And so nothing like that has happened since the early 2000s. So this guy, Tavir, is one of these. He's a Qahana. Qahana was a radical Zionist American. Yes.

Who was killed, who was murdered. But he also was responsible for the murders of many Arabs. He was a very radical priest, rabbi. And this guy, Gevir, is a Qahana. He's a follower of Qahani. So, go ahead, Doc. It goes on in the article to say that Palestinian Authority Presidential Spokesman Nabil al-Rudani said that the repeated Israeli threats to change the historical status quo at the Al-Aziz Mosque

would have serious consequences for everyone. And he reiterated the Palestinians' opposition to allowing Jews to pray at the site. Abu Rudani warned that settlement activities in the West Bank and the ongoing daily killings of Palestinians would also have serious consequences. And to show you the level of tension that this is building, Times of Israel is reporting that Lapid is calling on Netanyahu. Lapid is the leader of the opposition party. Who just left as the prime minister. So Mr. Lapid calls on Netanyahu

to prevent Ben-Gavir's Temple Mountain visit because people will die. Well, we'll tell you, because there's an update to this, Doc, so we don't have to read this. The update is Netanyahu called Gavir into his office today, and Gavir agreed to delay, not cancel,

but delay his trip to the Temple Mount. So there's some time in here. The Temple Mount is, you know, it is an Islamic site. You have Mecca, Medina, and you have the Temple Mount. Right. And my feelings about the Temple Mount have changed over the years as I've learned more about the realities in the Middle East. And so my feelings now, my thoughts are the Temple Mount is Islamic.

The Jews have no business there. The reason Gevier wants to go there is provocation. Absolutely. It's entirely provocative. It is to start a riot. He wants a riot. He's not going there, I mean, you know, the public claim is I'm going there to pray.

No, you're going there to start a riot. Because you want a justification to kill Arabs. And so you want to basically urinate on the Temple Mount. That's really what it's all about, you know. You're going to go up there and claim it as your territory. Israeli Zionist territory. The Temple Mount is not Israeli Zionist territory. It is Islamic.

Leave them alone. Just leave them alone. Respect them and leave them alone. The Muslims that are going on the Temple Mount to pray are not going down into the Jewish sites and causing riots. Nor are they going to the Christian sites. And they're not going there. They're minding their own business.

And all they want is for the Jews to mind their own business. But for the Jews in Israel, everything's their business. Right. And once again, this goes back to bad theology once again. Yes. Because bad theology says that's where the temple is going to be rebuilt. Bad theology says that's where the temple was. And there's no proof that that's the case.

In fact, when people go to the Western Wall, the Wailing Wall, that was no part of the temple at all. And it's not part of the wall of Jerusalem. That's right. And so, once again, bad theology on the part of the Israelis and on evangelical Christians because evangelical Christians would say, hey, Kavir, go for it, man. Show those Muslims that that's the Temple Mount because we need to build that third temple

so Jesus can come back because Jesus can't come back without a third temple. So, Once again, it's a bad theology that is causing this conflict. The Palestinians, they want their capital city to be Jerusalem. Israel has claimed Jerusalem

as their capital city. Donald Trump acted as God and called it the eternal capital of Israel. They're both wrong. It's not, that thing that's there right now, that urban center, it's not Jerusalem. Right, they renamed it, it was Capillonia.

It's Capillonia, which was built by Hadrian, the Roman general. What did Jesus prophesy? He said that Jerusalem would be destroyed. And not one stone would be left unturned. Not one stone in the city. Meaning there's not going to be a wall anywhere. Every single stone is going to be tumbled over. Did Jesus speak the truth? Or is he a liar? That's what I want every evangelical Christian Zionist to tell me the answer.

Was Jesus correct? Or did he lie? Because if you're telling me that that city in the Middle East is Jerusalem, then you're calling Jesus Christ a liar. Because he said not one stone would be left standing. Where is old Jerusalem? It's under the city that's there now.

And so when all the Catholics go, boy, the popes have made a killing off this hoax, the Via Dolorosa, all the shrines and everything. None of it, none of it is real. No. I hate to tell these people. You know, some wonderful Christians believe all those things are real.

But they're not. They're not. What used to be Jerusalem was plowed under, insulted, and they built on top of it. Hadrian built on top of it. And yet the world is fighting over it. Yes. They're fighting over it. They're fighting over a fake Jerusalem, sitting in a fake Israel, with a lot of fake Jews that are living there.

Speaking fake Hebrew. Yes, using a fake calendar, too, on top of that. Well, it just shows us a flashpoint. If there's any place that hasn't banned us, we've probably just got the last one, Doc. Well, of course, this is stirring up tensions throughout the entire region. Rick, of course, a couple weeks ago, had the privilege of going to the country of Jordan for a very special event that King Abdullah hosted. But King Abdullah has been, for those who don't understand history,

is what's called the custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem. And that includes both Muslim and Christian sites. Basically the custodian has the responsibility of being the protector of those sites and has been like this for hundreds of years. Over a thousand years. Right and it remains to this day as the custodian and as the custodian of the holy sites both Muslim and Christian King Abdullah has taken on the very serious role of being the protector, especially of the holy sites in Jerusalem. That role, that position of custodian of the holy sites has been handed down to Islamic kings for 11 or 1200 years. And there's a key to the church. Yes. There's a key to the church

that the Muslims have the key and open the church for the Christians. And they have kept their word for 11 to 1200 years. And then as time goes by, the custodian, the role of custodian is handed off to another Muslim leader. So King Abdullah is the current person officially in charge of being the custodian of the Christian and Muslim holy sites in Israel.

And he takes this extremely seriously. I mean, this is like, to him, to hear him talk about it, Doc, I mean, this is like you would hear a monarch in Great Britain talking about protecting the most sacred sites of Great Britain. I mean, they take this extremely seriously. This interview with King Abdullah, this occurred when I was in Jordan for the banquet with him.

And this interview actually takes place at the baptism side. At the baptism. Not on the Israel side, but on the actual side where Jesus was really baptized. Where Jesus was actually, yeah, he was baptized in Jordan.

I was supposed to be there. That particular day? Yes. There was a trip with the invitees with King Abdullah to go out to the baptismal site. And because I had to delay my trip by several days,

I missed that event. That was on Tuesday and I did not arrive until Tuesday. And so I missed, I would have been there with him on that event. So he was interviewed by CNN at the baptismal site. And we have a small part of that interview. And I really want to commend CNN for this interview. It is an excellent interview. And I pretty even handed. And I, I,-handed. CNN's got a new president. Yes. And he's cleaning house at CNN.

He's got a lot of slop to clean up yet. But he's trying to moderate CNN and take it back to news. Take it back to news. Okay? Without their opinions. He's doing a pretty good job of it. I wish him success.

I'd like to see CNN return to what it used to be in the 1980s when it was the cable news network and it actually reported news. We have a segment of that CNN interview. I'd encourage you to go to CNN's website, watch the entire interview. It's an excellent interview. It's about, what, maybe 15 minutes long

for the entire interview, but we only have maybe about six minutes. Let's watch it. We know it is Bethany beyond the Jordan. On the east bank of the Jordan River, this is the exact location where Christians believe Jesus was baptised. I've come here to meet with the custodian and regional political leader, King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Great to have you back. How's everything? Very well. How are you? All is well. Nice to see you. Thank you. Peace. As we close out 2022, we're here to discuss the challenges facing this region, not least his concerns about the region's shrinking Christian population

and why he believes plans to develop and protect this holy site are critical for the community's future in the Middle East. Absolute pleasure to have you. I want to talk about why we're here and the significance of this site. But I do want to start with your speech at the UNGA this year, because I think it's very pertinent to what we are going to discuss. You began your address by saying there are alarm bells. Numerous crises batter our world, crises that are increasingly interlocked,

regional conflicts with international impact. Today, the future of Jerusalem is an urgent concern. The city is holy to billions of Muslims, Christians, and Jews around the world. Undermining Jerusalem's legal and historical status quo triggers global tensions and deepens religious divides. The holy city must not be a place for hatred and division. Can you just reflect on 2022?

Jerusalem, we've always believed, is a city that should bring us all together. But unfortunately, it's used by extremists on all sides to create conflict and violence. And the violence really did pick up in the spring. We are the custodians of both the Christian and Muslim homely sites in Jerusalem. My concern is that there are challenges that the churches are facing from policies on the ground.

If we continue to use Jerusalem as a soapbox for politics, things can get out of control really, really quickly. You described Christianity in Jerusalem as under fire. Can you just explain a little further? We are fortunate in this country and in Jerusalem to have the oldest Arab Christian community in the world. They've been here for 2,000 years. Over the past several years, we're seeing that they have become under pressure as a community. So the numbers are dropping, which is, I think, an alarm bell to all of us. 2022 has turned out to be the deadliest year for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in two decades. And Jerusalem is a major flashpoint.

There are fears of a third intifada, possibly on the horizon. How concerned are you about that prospect? We have to be concerned about a next intifada. And if that happens, that's a complete breakdown of law and order and one that neither the Israelis or the Palestinians will benefit from. And I think there is a lot of concern from all of us in the region, including those in Israel, that are on our side on this issue to make sure that doesn't happen. So that's

a flash or tinderbox that if flashes is something that I don't think we'll be able to walk away from in the near future. Benjamin Netanyahu is back in power. A Jordanian commentator has described that result as Jordan's worst nightmare. Is it? At the end of the day, the Israeli people have the right to pick whoever they want to lead them. And I think we're all big boys here. And looking at the larger picture, we're all prepared to move on. So we will work with anybody and everybody

as long as we can bring people together. The new Israeli government will likely be the most right-wing in Israeli history, including incoming National Security Advisor Ben-Gavir. He has a long history of inciting violence against Arabs and Palestinians. Pending new legislation, he could assume authority over the police force, including law enforcement at Jerusalem's holy sites. As custodian of those sites, do you believe the status quo and your role is threatened? So you're always going to get those people that will try and push that.

And that is a concern. But I don't think those individuals are under just a Jordanian microscope. They're under an international microscope. So, you know, we've learned, as we always say, living between Iraq and a hard place, that, you know, this is just another Tuesday for us. If people want to get into a conflict with us, we're quite prepared. I always like to believe that let's look at the glass half full, but we have certain red lines and if people want to push those red lines, then we will deal with that.

But I have to believe that there's a lot of people in Israel also that are concerned as much as we are. And as a Muslim leader, let me say clearly that we are committed to defending the rights, the precious heritage and the historic identity of the Christian people of our region. Can you just expand on Jordan's role in promoting stability? Jordan has been a refuge to early Christians and to Jesus Christ himself, who came here escaping persecution. This is, I think, something that we have always inherited. My great-great-grandfather, Sharif Hussain, gave sanctity to Armenian Christians that were looking for safety and security.

And recently, over the past few years, as you've watched, the actions of Daesh in Syria and Iraq, looking after Iraqi Christians and Syrian Christians here. If we don't have any Christians in the region, I think that's a disaster for all of us. They're part of our past, they're part of our present, and they must be part of our future. You know, a couple things to take away from that, Rick. First of all, it takes the leader of a Muslim nation to defend Christians in Jerusalem. Think of the implications of that.

We are the only national Christian ministry in America defending the Christians in Jerusalem and in the West Bank. Because most evangelical Christians would treat Christians living in Jerusalem as the enemy in many ways. Yes, that's what I'm saying. We're the only ministry, national ministry in America

defending the Christians in Jerusalem and Palestine. And another takeaway from the King's conversation there with CNN, he said there are red lines. The red lines that... And he said we're prepared. So do you want to have a fight with us? Yes.

Conflict? We're prepared. He brought up the word fight and conflict, that there are red lines that can be crossed. What exactly are those red lines, Rick? Well, the number one red line, when he kept talking about changing the status quo, well, what's the status quo? That he, King Abdullah, is the custodian of the holy sites in Jerusalem. Jared Kushner and Donald Trump worked behind his back

to remove him and to give that role to the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. And we guessed at that. We were, you know, this was, you know, several years ago when this controversy was going on, when Kushner was pushing his peace deal, there was talk that King Abdullah was going to be removed as the custodian. And I said, Kushner is working behind the scenes to give that job to Saudi Arabia, to the crown prince.

And it turns out that was true. Exactly true. So when I was in Jordan this last time, I was supposed to meet with Mr. Al-Faiz, who's the president of the Jordanian Senate. And so I had an invitation to go to his home on Thursday night. The King's banquet was Wednesday night, and I was supposed to go to the home of the president of the Senate on Thursday night. But on late Thursday afternoon, he contacted us and said he needed to move the meeting to Friday morning. Well, my flight was Friday morning, so I couldn't go. And he said, the next time you're in Jordan, we will meet.

Very gracious man about this, but very influential in Jordan. I saw interviews, an interview with him. I found it online where he said Jared Kushner and Donald Trump were undermining King Abdullah to remove him. Which I was shocked that the president of the Jordanian Senate said this publicly. So when King Abdullah is talking about red lines, he's sending a message to Netanyahu, don't mess with me.

I am not going to give up my position as the custodian of the Christian churches and the Temple Mount. And I am prepared to go to war. That's what he said Temple Mount, and I am prepared to go to war. That's what he said. He said, I'm prepared to go to war. Jordan would go to war with Israel.

This is why I want you to know this, folks. During the Christmas week, King Abdullah threatened war with Israel. Not that he wants to have war, but what he said was, I'm not afraid of it. He was sending a message to Netanyahu, don't mess with me. Don't push me. You and your radical Zionist government, don't try to undermine me.

Don't try to overthrow me. We're ready. We're prepared. So, you know, the West Bank and East Jerusalem and gaza that was jordanian territory up until 1967 right so that was lost in the war which was led by his father so he knows he knows that the zionists want all of that land including jordan yes they want jordan because it's greater Israel to them. They want everything that they believe Abraham was promised.

The entire territory. They're prepared for a long, long wait. A hundred years of war. Whatever it takes to get that territory back. But in the past week, the King of Jordan told Netanyahu, do not cross these red lines. There are red lines all over the world right now. There are red lines in Ukraine, red lines in Korea and Japan, and now red lines here with Jordan. That's right. One more before we leave the Middle East

and go on to the next section. Petra, one of the most awesome places you'll ever visit. You've got to go to Petra someday. And by the way, I am working. I'm not ready to give you the date yet, but we are working on our second tour for Jordan. Awesome. And I would say it's probably going to be early to mid-May of 2023.

It won't be sooner. It'll be around early to mid-May. So if you're thinking about it, we're going to go back to Jordan. But one of the most awesome places to visit is Petra. And during the Christmas week, there were heavy rains in Jordan and floods in Petra. And they had to evacuate tourists from Petra. Now, Doc, you and I recognize this site right here. Look at this.

This is just shocking to me. We walked this many times. But they had to get tourists onto vehicles and get them out of there because the flood rains were coming in. And suddenly Petra was shut down for a few days. So a couple of guys in our control room here, listen guys, aren't you grateful we went when we did? Yes. So that's incredible to see that. You'd hate to get caught in all that

because that's what, a mile, about a mile down? Yeah. And so, and there's no stuff, there's nowhere to go. You can't climb the wall, You can't go up anywhere. Once it starts raining, that's it. So it's just the rainy season right now. And it's not the right time to be visiting Petra. But we will be going back.

So stay tuned. God willing, May, I would say May of 23. God willing, the creek don't rise. That's right. And Petra don't flood. Okay, we're going to go to the Ukraine-Russia war. BBC, Ukraine must get long-term support, warns NATO chief. Of course, we're talking about Mr. Stoltenberg.

Yes, Western countries must be prepared to provide long-term support to Ukraine. As Russia shows no signs of relenting. NATO Secretary General said, Ian Stoltenberg told the BBC that military support would ensure the survival of Ukraine as a sovereign country and force Russia to sit down and negotiate an end to the war. I thought Ukraine was winning, Rick. Isn't that what we were sold here a couple weeks ago when Zelensky was picking up his check from Congress and everything and kissing Nancy Pelosi. And we're fighting for democracy. That's right. But last week during

Christmas, Zelensky signed a law basically nationalizing all the news media in Ukraine. Right. So that's democracy. And the only church that can exist in Ukraine now is the Ukrainian church. No opposition churches either. So that's how democracy works. That's what we're fighting for, right? And they got their first gay parade when Zelensky came into power. Also, I read an article. I forget the guy's name.

He's an advisor to Zelensky. And he said, after this war, Ukraine may have to switch to a monarchy. Yes, have a king. That's right. I saw that. I watched that video this morning. King Zelensky. Forgot to put this in here.

But NATO, they're doubling down. They're saying, we've got to keep Ukraine going here. The Ukrainian forces had the momentum for several months, but we also know that Russia has mobilized many more forces. Many of them are now training, he said, Mr. Stoltenberg said, all that indicates that they are prepared to continue the war and also try to potentially launch a new offensive. You're active also kind of adds to this. Stoltenberg calls for more weapons for Ukraine. Ian Stoltenberg called on NATO member states to supply more weapons to Ukraine,

according to an interview published on Friday. I call on allies to do more. It is in all our security interest to make sure Ukraine prevails and Putin does not win. He said it was perhaps even more important that Ukraine receive enough ammunition for the systems already in place, adding that the need for ammunition and spare parts was enormous. NATO Stoltenberg told DPA that military support for Ukraine was the fastest way to peace. I know a faster way. Stop fighting. Yes.

We know that most wars end at the negotiating table, probably this war too, but we know that what Ukraine can achieve in these negotiations depends inextricably on the military situation, you see. Okay, just hold this right here. Use this logic for this. Okay, so this is Orwellian newspeak. This is Orwellian newspeak. This is Orwellian newspeak.

The fastest way to peace is war. Is war. You got it. There's nothing more Orwellian than that. All right, so a week or two ago before Christmas, you know, I told you, Doc, here's what's coming in January. Both sides are going to step up the fighting. It's going to become fierce. You remember he said this? It's going to become fierce. It's going to be ugly come January, February. It's going to be ugly fighting. You know why? That's what I said two weeks ago. Both sides know that they're headed

to the negotiation table. And so the object of the game right now is to inflict maximum pain on the other side before they sit down at the table. That's what's going on right now. So when Mr. Stoltenberg says, we need more guns, we need more ammo, we need more everything, we pour it on. And then he says, the way to peace is war. What he's saying is,

I know that we're going to the negotiating table later this year but I need all the guns and rockets and bombs and bullets and if we got it sir Europe to do it we will yes yeah we have to deplete the West which is already happening we have to make the Russians bleed. And so the opposite is true. The Russians know this is the game. They have to make the West bleed. Yes. So what happened today in Russia? One of them in Russia, not in Ukraine, a Russian military base on Russian soil was hit by rockets. 63 Russian soldiers killed. But guess where the rockets came from? Where did the missiles come from?

Not where they were launched. They were launched from Ukraine. But where were the missiles shipped from? The United States of's right they've got the usa on those missiles that today killed 63 russian soldiers on a military base on russian soil that is an act of war that is an act of war russia has the right to claim that the United States carried out an act of war and attacked its military base on Russian soil and killed their soldiers. That's how close we are. Those of you who think, well, Rick was wrong. We got through Christmas and we didn't have a nuclear war.

It's still winter. It's still the holiday season. Okay. U.S. missiles today entered Russia and killed Russian soldiers on a Russian military base. And the Russians are not going to forget it.

And so what's going to happen this week? There will be more Russian missiles, more drones than you've ever seen hitting Ukraine. Every time, every time the Ukrainians hit Russia inside their country, Putin doubles down. If there's a utility plant anywhere in Ukraine still producing electricity it's going to disappear this week. He's going to hit them hard

because of what the United States did today. They killed 63 Russian soldiers inside barracks on Russian soil. You imagine that we say this all the time. Imagine if missiles hit. Let's say Russian made, Russian donated missiles sent to Cuba, were fired from Cuba,

and landed in Georgia, landed in Jacksonville. Took out the Southern Command. Took out, yeah. Killed 63 American soldiers on a military base in Florida. What would happen? Oh, America would go nuts.

We have to defend America. We have to fight back. Would we bomb Cuba or Russia? Russia. That's right. That's what we're trying to get you to understand. Every time Biden sends more missiles to Ukraine and Zelensky uses them on Russia,

we're that much closer to us being wiped out. It's by the grace of God that we're still here. We have lunatics running the West. It's by the grace of God that we're here. What is the Lord doing? He's trying to give his church more time. Yes. Trying to give his church more time. Trying to give his church more time. More time to do what? His will. That his will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

What does God think about every day? Lost souls. Is there anything he thinks about? And getting them saved. Getting them saved. He cares so much about lost souls that He gave His only begotten Son. God's not concerned about the weather in Heaven, road maintenance, none of those things, or how many angels there are or aren't there.

The only thing He's concerned about is the lost souls of humanity. Because He gave His Son for their salvation. The most precious thing that He had, his son, he gave his son. He watched his son Jesus be nailed to a cross and die on a cross so that lost humans would be saved. And the only reason God is stretching out time is to give humans more time to make the right decision to be born again and believe on the name of Jesus Christ and be baptized. That is the only reason. You take that out of the picture, we're toast. Right.

It's over. Why would we even need to exist after that, at that point? It's over at that point. He'd just say, you guys do whatever you want to do. Blow yourself up. And we would. And we would. We'd destroy ourselves in seconds.

So we'll go on to the next one. This is number 25. This is from a German newspaper. Ex-NATO general predicts ceasefire in 2023. So following along with what you were saying here, Rick, that they're inflicting as much pain on each other until they can get to the negotiating table, former Burnswire and NATO General Hans-Lothar Domroes expects a ceasefire in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine later this year.

He said, I expect a standstill in early summer when both sides say, now it's no longer of any use. Dom Rose told the newspapers of the Funk Media Group, we will have a truce sometime in 2023. And so the war, they're seeing the end of the war out here. They see it just down the road. Unless something happens that pushes it even further and gets more nations involved. And so the defense contractors,

they've got their sales projections. You got it. They've got two quarters of 2023 to make a bundle of money. And they know by summer, the good times are over. All that extra money, billions of dollars flowing in, it's got to stop at the end of the summer. Doc, it's money. You're right.

I mean, that's at the root of it right there. It is. The lust for money and power. Yeah, let's read number 29. Well, we haven't got the number. Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Yeah.

Okay, we didn't. Yeah, I'm sorry. I messed up here. So number 27, Sergei Lavrov said the U.S. West has long declared war on Russia. This is where we're at now, Doc. The foreign minister is now publicly saying, we're in a state of war with the United States and NATO. What's next other than fighting it out? He's saying we're in war with them.

They've declared war on us. NATO has declared war on us. And he actually spoke these comments last week, middle of last week. He said the U.S.-led Collective West declared war on Russia long ago, most notably after the 2014 coup in Ukraine. And that was spoken by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

So that's Obama and Hillary Clinton. Right. And he said that in an interview with Great Game. And a portion of that aired on Channel 1 in the UK on Wednesday. The collective West, which is headed by a nuclear power, the United States, is at war with us. This war was declared on us quite a long time ago after the coup d'etat in Ukraine that was orchestrated by the US

and, in fact, backed by the EU. And after the Minsk agreements that nobody was going to implement, as it now appears, Ms. Merkel confirmed that once again, the Russian foreign minister said. The comments there that he made at the end about Merkel is in an interview. This is about a week and a half, two weeks ago now, where Angela Merkel basically said we had no plan in place at all to make sure that the Minsk Agreements were held. The purpose of the Minsk Agreement was to buy time for Ukraine. Was to give Ukraine time to arm.

Yes. That was the whole purpose of the Minsk Agreements. So that was a big giant geopolit geopolitical bluff. So the Russians are realizing, hey, way back in 2014, that's Obama and Hillary Clinton and John McCain began the war against Russia. It started in 2014. When the West orchestrated a coup d'etat in Ukraine, it's okay, see, if the United States overthrows

the government in Ukraine. Especially if we're installing democracy. Yes. And our own people that don't even speak the language of the country that we're taking over at a particular time. Oh, well. Well, the next one, this is also on Sergei Lavrov. He said the Pentagon is plotting to assassinate Putin.

This, my gosh, Doc, this headline ought to be all over the world. This foreign minister of Russia said the Pentagon is plotting to assassinate the president of Russia. We'll just say, no, he's just talking bluster there. Statements made by anonymous Pentagon officials about a decapitating strike on the Kremlin essentially amount to a threat aimed at physically eliminating the president of Russia. And that, once again, comes from Sergey Lavrov in an interview with TASS. He said, the one who's gone the farthest of all the others is in Washington. There are some... of the others is in Washington. As saying,

Russia's going to carry out a decapitation strike on the White House. Right. We would kind of take that personally, wouldn't we? Well, they'd move Biden, they'd move him to site R immediately. They'd put him in the underground Pentagon immediately.

Americans don't. Well, first of all, American people don't even know this stuff's being said. Right. Because you're watching Fox News and CNN. You don't know any of this stuff. Well, they'll talk about decapitating strikes on Hannity. Oh yeah, they'll have Lindsey Graham on there telling Sean Hannity, we've got to kill Putin. And everybody, yeah, let's kill Putin. But they

don't know the rest of the story. That Russia's going to carry out a decapitating strike on the entire country because of this foolish, reckless, irresponsible behavior and talk of American and NATO leaders. Right, and Mr. Lavrov basically warned that, too. He said, if someone really has such ideas, then this someone should think long and hard about the possible consequences of such plans.

It seems that they have shed all vestiges of respectability, he noted. The notorious Liz Truss is a vivid example, given that she directly and publicly said during her pre-election campaign that she was ready to order a nuclear strike. I'm not even mentioning here the Kiev regime's over-the-top provocations. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has gone so far as urging NATO states to deliver preventive nuclear strikes against Russia, and he has asked for that. This crosses the line of what is acceptable. However, we have heard far worse statements

from figures within the Kiev regime, the foreign minister pointed out. And so, you know, when we start talking about decontamination strikes and about nuclear strikes against Russia, I go back, you may not be a fan of Russia, you may not like Russia, you may hate Russia, but the fact of the matter is the Russians are going to defend themselves to the death. They've said that. They've said if the world doesn't have a Russia,

then the world itself doesn't need to exist. That's right. That's how far they're willing to go to defend their country. Like it, don't like it, vote yes, vote no, but that's where they stand. How much are you willing to bet that they're going to live by that?

I really don't want to find that out. Do you? No. We tell our audience what's being said in Moscow because most Americans and most Westerners have no idea how the Russians are thinking and what they're saying. They have none because it's not reported here. That would disrupt the narrative.

That's true. Because it's like in a forest, the old thing, if there's nobody in the forest and the tree falls, did it make a noise? So the idea with a lot of people is if nobody in America hears what the Russians say, did they really say it? Right. Yeah, they did say it. They did say these things. We were telling you for a year what they're saying. And what they're saying over and over and over to the West is,

there's a limit to our patience. You keep threatening to destroy us. We're going to take you real seriously. Okay? And we're going to act and we're going to defend ourselves because we believe you're serious. You are trying to destroy us

and therefore we're going to quietly take plan, make plans to prevent you from destroying us. Just because you don't hear it on Fox News and CNN doesn't mean they didn't say it. And they are saying it. And almost every night on Russian TV, they talk about war with the United States. Now, Dmitry Medvedev, I follow him on Telegram. And one week ago, Monday night, day after Christmas, he released his predictions for 2023. And I texted to you and I said, I think Dmitri was in the vodka today. It was pretty far out. And we don't have all of them. I didn't bring all of them out here.

Maybe we'll do it tomorrow. But we do have one of them. And that is he predicted a fourth Reich will appear in Europe after the war with Ukraine. And the fourth Reich will be Germany and Poland. Just think about the implications of that. Now, this is based upon his supposition that the EU itself will collapse as well, that the UK will rejoin the EU, and then after the UK joins the EU, the EU collapses, the euro collapses, but then there's a reformulation of Europe.

In that reformulation, Germany, Poland, and several other states make up a new... Fourth Reich. Yes. So the Fourth Reich will be created encompassing the territory of Germany and its satellites, including Poland, the Baltic states, Chechya, Slovakia, the Kiev Republic, that's what's left of Ukraine.

Kiev Republic, just Kiev. Yes, and other outcasts. And this is one of the predictions by former president of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev. He had a list of 10 of these. They shared it on Telegram and Twitter. So what I said to you in text last Monday, I said, was Dmitry Medvedev in the vodka? Or does he know something about 2023 that the rest of us don't know?

Right. Because his 10 predictions were wild. about 2023 that the rest of us don't know. Right. Because these are, his 10 predictions were wild. And either he was in the sauce when he sent out that message or he's telling us we know things are going to happen in 23 and this is going to be the chain reaction. These are the dominoes that are going to fall when we carry out our plans.

Right. I don't know which one it is. I hope it was in the sauce. Because if his predictions come true, you're going to have economic chaos in this country, in the world this year. Right. Well, one of his other predictions, too, was Texas would leave the U.S. and join Mexico. And when you start thinking hard about that, you wouldn't have to worry about them crossing the border anymore, would you? So anyway, just something to think about. But like you said, if any of those 10 predictions came true, it would be devastating to the world order.

The Austrian defense minister is warning as a result of all this conflict in Ukraine that they're facing an energy crisis in Austria. You really don't have to be facing an energy crisis. Europe, Europe. Not just Austria, Doc. She said all of Europe. And blackouts going on for days.

The Austrian defense minister has warned that Europeans could face blackouts that go on for days, leaving one-third of citizens unable to supply themselves. And that's coming from Claudia Tanner, and she made the comments during an interview with German news outlet DeWelt. The question is not whether the blackout will come, said Tanner, blaming the war in Ukraine.

For Putin, hacking attacks on Western power supplies are a tool of hybrid warfare. We must not pretend that this is just a theory. We must be prepared for blackouts in Austria and Europe. So already they're going to blame Putin for, they're going to hack the energy grid

rather than, you know, blame themselves for not, you know, having energy available. Well, not blaming themselves for creating this mess. Right. Europe was not going to have blackouts this year if there had not been a war. That's right. Everybody would be toasty warm and everybody would be having good times. Ms. Tanner spoke to how unprepared Europeans were for crippling elongated blackouts

by warning one-third of citizens would not be able to supply themselves on the fourth day of the blackout at the latest. Well, first of all, Ms. Tanner, should you really be telling the Russians this right now? Should you be really speaking that out loud, that you're telling the Russians one-third of the population of the European continent will not be able to sustain themselves longer than four days. What caught my attention was she said

the energy blackouts will last four days and longer. Yes. Okay. She said that one third of the people will not be able to take care of themselves by the fourth day. Well, then there's a fifth day. And a sixth day.

How long are these blackouts? What are they expecting, Doc? How long are the blackouts? In the wintertime, in the Alps. And if you've got one third of the European continent, we're talking one third of the population that won't make it past four days. What happens on that fifth day?

Are there uprisings? Are there people in the street? People start dying. Do people start looting stores? Do people start fighting police and military in the streets over crumbs of food, over bottles of water? Is that where things will be on day five, day six? When people find their elderly mother frozen to death,

yes, that's what's going to happen. When parents see their children freezing to death, yes, that's what's going to happen. Europe will fall apart. Maybe this is what I'm thinking about Dmitry Medvedev. He's saying the EU will collapse this year. And following on that scenario,

you could see how that could happen. Yes. And the only really strong military powers that you've got left in Europe now are Germany and Poland. And you could see how they could make an alliance together.

Wow. Hey, let's do one more story and then we'll wrap it up because I've got plenty to go on, but I'll be here another hour. Number 44, this one caught my attention. I got this from The Straits Times in Singapore. It's actually a Reuters article,

but it was in the Singapore newspaper. Japan to develop a 3,000 kilometer long-range missile. Japan is back in the war business. That's right, Rick. And it says Japan's Ministry of Defense is arranging to

develop multiple long-range missiles with a range of up to 3,000 kilometers by 2030. And I'll get down to number 47. Japan this month unveiled its biggest military buildup since World War II. Folks, we're talking about the Japanese Empire. They're back.

The Japanese Empire is back. Germany's back. Japan is back. The Japanese Empire is back. Germany's back. Japan is back. Everybody's back. World War II is still going on. This is World War II Part II. World War III is the second part of World War II. They're going to finish it up.

Just chew on that the rest of the night, okay? Thank you for watching. It's going to be an interesting year. We will be here, God willing, and we appreciate your prayers and your support. We have a job to do, and we're going to be faithful to that assignment, and we appreciate those of you who are helpful to us and keep us going. God bless you. We'll see you tomorrow. God bless you.